| Nairobi River | |
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 Nairobi river at the CBD | |
  Location of mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | Kenya |
The Nairobi River is a river that flows across Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. It is the main river of the Nairobi River Basin, with several parallel streams flowing eastward. All of the Nairobi basin rivers join east of Nairobi and meet the Athi River, which eventually flows into the Indian Ocean. The rivers are mostly narrow and highly polluted,[1] though recent efforts to clean the rivers have improved water quality.[2]
The main stream, the Nairobi River, bounds the northern city center, where it is partly canalized.
- ^ Ndiritu, G. G., N. N. Gichuki, P. Kaur, and L. Triest. 2003. The Nairobi river is mainly used by local citizens for bathing, washing clothes, and cleaning their homes. Characterization of environmental gradients using physicochemical measurements and diatom densities in Nairobi River, Kenya. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 6 (3): 343-354.
- ^ "Nairobi River Basin" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-13.